Centrifugal honey extractor



sept. 29, 1931.

J. L. sNYDER 1,825,020

CENTRIFUGAL HONEY EXTRACTOR Filed Nov. 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1NVENTOP.'

Sept. 29, 1931. J. L. sNYDER 1,825,020

CENTRIFUGAL HONEY EXTRACTOR Filed Nov. 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Sept. 29, 1931 J- JOHN L. SNYDER,

or. WAPAKONRTA, 0R10, ASSIGNOR To STANDARD oHuRN COMPANY,

or WAPARONRTA, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO CENTRIFUGAL HONEY EXTRAOTORApplication filed November 27, 1929. `Serial No; 410,058.`

.My invention relates to improvements, in centrifugal honeyeextractors`and :has for `its object .to provide an extractor which Will dispense`with the baskets commonly em- .-,a ployed in machines Of thisitype forlreceiving and holding the vhoney-comb .during the process Yof,extracting A the honey.

.Such baskets have .been commonly Lern-` pl-oyed in the prior machinesin this art bew: causeof the delicate v or ,fragile character of thehoney-comb and particularly the delicate nature Of the vertical.partition Wall separating the :honey cells formed (at each side of saidWall. Because y'of the delicatey p52 nature Of'vthat partition Wall ithas heretoforebeen customary to subject. one side of the comb to `butpartial centrifugal extraction, because of the, danger of the `Weightedcells onthe opposite side of the comb break- ?292 down the partition`and :thus rendering the l'further-extraotion of the honey difficult.Therefore, 4the .practice has beenv to extract only part ofthehoney-from-one side .O-f the comb yand thenf.-toreverse the comb coin-.1251 plet'ely extracting thehoney from the opposite side.y Thisreversal `being donetoavoid the ybreaking.;-doivn of the partition andthe remainder-Of the comb. By'the machine of my instant invention, Ihave-endeavored to 30: overcome this premature reversal` of thel comb,`and torso-mount ythe .combas to per mit the Ycomplete extraction from-theside of.

the lcombiirst operated upon.

.Another objeetof my invention is to pro- -35 vide a machine which Willboth extract the honey from the -comb and iminediatelythereafter becapable 'Of usek for extracting the honey from thepcappings. p l

In modern apiary fpracticefthere is ein- 4'0 ployed the hives vastandardcOmb-frame measuring approximately 18y x 9%. rlhese frames have,Ordinarily. been yplaced in baskets of mesh material for the purpose ofextraction. vlVfyinvention contemplates `215:- doingx away 'with theemployment of such baskets, ,andhperforming the extraction directly fromthe comb as contained in .the conib-frame- After the bees have filledVthe cells. ofthe 5o. comb hojney they cover the outer faces of thelfilled cells With a thin layer of vvaxA called capping".. The yfirststep in exs. tracting .the honey .fromthe comb is fto slice Ofi'A thisentire surface capping from both faces of the honey-comb. I -n thisoperation, however carefullyconducted7 the operator usually `cuts offlnot only the cap- Ding7 but from one-eighth toonequarter inch 'of thelcells andthe result is a quantity of cappings containing anzappreciable amount of'honey, which -s pulled out of the cells by thecapping operation :and which is admixed With .the comb material, forminga conglomerate mass of wax 1mixed with honey, in Which mass there Vissufficient honey .to Warrant its recovery Ybyextraction.- The problem ofextracting the honey froln said mass hasheretofore been accomplishedwith some` deg-ree rvof successk by .means .of a separate basket to becharged with cappings land hooked, or otherwise l.detachably fastened tothe baskets Vor elsewhere yon the v.revolvable parts of the centrifugalen tractor. v In the machine yof my invention I have dispensed With anyseparate holder for such 'cappings, and accompli-shed the result byplacing the cappings in my rotatable comb-receptacle. after the honeyhas been extracted from the comb. This I accomplish by so vconstructing`my mecha-` nism for .rotating they conib-receptaclefas to render itreadily detachable from the .re-A ceptacle, leaving the receptacle with.an open .mouth for the ready reception of-the .cappings'. A

Other features of .my invention will appear from `appended descriptiveportion .of

this specification; l r

y Drawings 'In the vdravvings Fig. l is 'a top `plan view of la vmachineembodying my invention. y v i Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theoperating mechanismr and comb-receptacle, the tank Lor housing beingshown in vertical mid-section. A.

Fig. 3 lis a transverse vertical view of the. coinbfreceptacle taken onthe `line 3-,-3y of, Fig.2...

Fig. 4 isa Sectional fragmental view illustrating the mounting of thestandard` mechanism with the combfreceptacle, the

fragment being indicated by 5 5 in Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of a fragment of honey-comb inplace within the comb-frame. f

Description l u I have illustrated in the drawings al 3? frameextractor, which is my'present commercial model, designed to accommodatethree standard honey-comb frames at each operation. I have adopted thatpolygonal f ormA for my receptacle A to economize the space occupied bythe tank or housing vB AThe vertical vwall 7 of the receptacle A is madeof any suitablereticulated material of sufficiently fine mesh to preventthe escape of any fragments of comb in the cappings, while freelypermitting the passage of the honey. In the drawings the three verticalreticulated faces 48 ofthe receptacle A are spaced apart at 9 so as toprovide room with the receptacle A for the meeting inner and' verticaledges ofthe standard honey-comb l,frames (see Fig. 1). At the bottom 10ofthereceptacle A, I have provided brackets 11, each having an linnerLip-turned lip 12 (see Fig. 4).

These bra-ckets being arranged as indi- ;cated in Fig. 3 so that whenthe lower edges of the standard frames C arev dropped into place, theluncapped outer surface of the combr held in each of the frames C restsagainst and is supported by the material of the fiatV vertical walls 8.

The spider I) is provided with the 3 arms 13-13-13; and the outerterminal of each of said arms 18 is contoured to form a hook 14 havingthe depending linger 15 (see Fig.

v'z 5). vv `At the top ofeach of the short vertical walls 9, thekreceptacle A is provided withv a socket 16 forthe reception 'of thefinger 15,- as shown in Fig. 5, thus readily permitting thedisengagement of the receptacle A from the revolving arms 13. The spiderD 'is rotated byvineans of a central shafty 17, beveled gears 18, 19,shaft 2O and crank 21, said last named mechanism beingmounted upon thesupportingbarf,which is de f? tachably mounted atop the tank lB by meansof the threaded rods 23 and winged nutsl 24. The tank B is provided withthe conical bottom 25, outlet spout 26 and gate-valve f2.7.A n

` e prevent slipping of the comb, means for .7l/[003e: ofv operation andthe cut cappings of wax admixed 'with' honey are laid aside in asuitable receptacle whereuponthe frame C is slid into position withinthe receptacle A, its bottom edgesy being held by the brackets 11 and11p-turned lips 12, as shown in Fig. 4. Three frames being thus placedin position, the outer cut faces supported by the reticulated walls 8,the receptacle A is rotated to extract the honey from the outer faces ofthe comb. During the operation the wall 8 supports the faces of the combso effectively that the `partition 30 in the comb is not broken down,

even when thev honey from the outer faces of the comb has beencompletely extracted.

Such complete extraction from the outer faces of the comb beingcompleted, the frame C is reversed upon the bracketsrll-ll and therotation of the receptacle A continued to the point of completeextraction .of theI honey from the comb. v

Thereupon all of the frames Care removed from the receptacle A, which isreadily done by disengaging receptacle A from the driving mechanism andthe mass of` cappings is then dumped into the bottom `of the receptacleA, the drivingk mechanism again placed in operative position and thereceptacle A rotated to extract from the cappings. l

lVhile my present. commercial machine is of the construction illustratedin the drawthe .honey ings, it is obvious that the receptacle .A may beofany desired dimensions, provided that its faces-8 are dimensionedtohold one sta-ndard honey-comb frame, or a plurality yof such frames; itbeing merely requisite that the reticulated walls 81should hold suchstandard frames with their outer faces in contact with the inner facesof the wall 8 during the operationof extraction. Other variations fromthe structure above' described may be effected without departure from myAactual invention as designed by the appended claim.

I claim- 1 y A In a centrifugal honey extractor, of theV type having anouter container, and an inner wire mesh rotating container to receivethe honey combs, said inner container formed with a hexagonal framehaving a covering of Wire mesh; three of the sides being longer than theremaining three sides the said long sides being disposed with referenceto each other lin approximately the shape of! an equilateral triangle,to receive against-eachv side thereof a comb frame; the smaller sidesrotating the container, and v saidy container being detachably carriedin the outer Acontainer. 'f v In testimony whereof I have hereuntoaffixedv my signature.

JOHN L.- SNY'DER.`

